* Kindergarten remains an optional year of schooling. When a school division or school offers Kindergarten, the percentage time allotments for Grades 1-3 should be used as a guide for instructional time with the exception of Physical Education/Health Education where the time is mandated; provincial curriculum for Kindergarten should be followed. Provincial curriculum, which will continue to be developed to include Kindergarten, will be based on outcomes.

Subject Area Time Allotments
Time allotment tables describe the expectations for the subject area time allotments in the English Program. An overall percentage breakdown is given as a guideline only, and reflects a change from the total time in minutes for compulsory and optional subject areas. Please note however that the minimum allocated time for Grades K to 8 Physical Education/Health Education is mandated.1

* A recommendation for schools offering French or other second languages in the English Program is to re-allocate a small portion of English Language Arts time for this purpose. This recognizes that some language concepts are transferable and should assist schools to accommodate the French grant requirement.

Bilingual Heritage Language Instruction (Ukrainian, German, Hebrew)The time allotments specified for the French Immersion Program also apply to Bilingual Heritage Language Instruction. Time allotments for English language arts will be the same as the English allotment in the table. The time allotment identified for Français will be used for language arts instruction in the heritage language. Mathematics and science will be instructed in English; the other subjects will be taught in the heritage language (following the Policy for Heritage Language Instruction).

Compulsory Subject Areas for ImplementationA list of curriculum documents for compulsory subject areas that comprise programming for 2005-2006 in Early Years, Middle Years, and Senior Years English Program. The list includes Manitoba Learning Resource Centre (formerly the Manitoba Text Book Bureau) catalogue numbers to facilitate ordering. As additional new curricula are released, they will replace existing curricula that pre-date 1995. These changes will be reflected in the listing.

Senior Years

Grades 9 to 12 are organized around a system of credits. A credit represents 110 hours of course-specific instruction or classroom-based learning experiences. Students earn credits when they achieve a final mark of 50 percent or more for courses.

Graduation RequirementsInformation about graduation requirements for Manitoba Senior Years English program. In 2007 Manitoba Education changed the Senior Years graduation requirements based on consultations throughout Manitoba.

Post-secondary Acceptance of Manitoba Education CurriculaConcurrent with the development of new curricula for Senior Years English language arts and mathematics, Manitoba Education has communicated regularly with post-secondary institutions to ensure acceptance of English language arts and mathematics credits for entrance into university and college programs.

Subject Table HandbookThe purpose of the Subject Table Handbook is to support schools by providing basic information to assist schools in completing the Professional School Personnel system (PSP) forms; by providing basic information to schools for entering student records into the Student Records system (SRS); and by providing subject computer codes for courses developed by Manitoba Education and for those approved or registered by the Department.